# Amputations at International Steel & Counterweights LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022065089` · 6/13/2022 · YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** International Steel & Counterweights LLC
- **Location:** 140 North West Avenue, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, 44502
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee and a co-worker were carrying an elevator weight. The co-worker let go of their half and the weight fell onto the employee's right hand, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger that required hospitalization.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*